Introduction
Read on to find out what surprises GIGABYTE has in store for its next generation line of motherboards…
GIGABYTE is doing some interesting things with their next generation line of boards, offering support for current and next generation Intel Haswell processors. Additionally, these next generation boards will offer support for SATA 3 and next generation SATA storage solutions.
The biggest difference between their new board lines and existing Intel Z87 motherboard lines is how they are differentiating the different board series. GIGABYTE will have a total of four board series in their new product line:
- Normal series motherboards
- Gaming series motherboards
- Overclocking series motherboards
- Black Edition series motherboards
Normal Series motherboard
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The Normal Series boards encompass their channel boards for mainstream consumers and system builders.
Gaming Series motherboard
The Gaming Series boards are geared more towards enthusiast and gamers users, featuring a black and red color scheme for eye-catching appeal.
Overclocking Series motherboard
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The Overclocking Series boards are geared towards hard-core enthusiasts and the LN2 record setting crowd with features and designs specifically oriented to eeking out that last bit of speed and performance from the board.
Black Edition Series motherboard
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The Black Edition Series boards build on several products from the other board lines, ensuring the utmost stability and performance through a specialized factory-performed testing regimen.
There is no blur the Z97 on
There is no blur the Z97 on the gaming board :O
Any idea what audio chipset
Any idea what audio chipset is being used on the “AMP-UP Audio” branded boards between the Realtek and Core3D models?
The Core3D uses Soundblaster
The Core3D uses Soundblaster hardware and software, while the Realtek uses Soundblaster software only. More information to come after launch day…
So the “AMP-UP Audio” branded
So the “AMP-UP Audio” branded chip is just a Realtek chip with Creative drivers?
Sort of a hybrid between the “Core3D” branded and non-branded Realtek versions?
I hope they stick with green
I hope they stick with green for their high end gaming series, every other board maker has red.
From what we’ve seen, their
From what we've seen, their high end gaming seires will be Red and Black…
almost missed the threaded WC
almost missed the threaded WC holes on the VRM HS lets hope it not made from ali.
I bet that it is, although
I bet that it is, although most water cooling companies have brass or nickel plating in their water blocks and radiators to prevent the corrosion seen in the early days of water cooling.
It looks like most of these
It looks like most of these boards will have sata express ports. (note the big block of plastic next to the sata blocks) the question is whats connecting to the back end of the ports sata express or sata3.
Stay tuned for the full
Stay tuned for the full reviews in a few weeks once the information embargo has been lifted…
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With all this fancy audio
With all this fancy audio coming to motherboards, when are we going to get back to putting vacuum tubes in the preamp. Remember this bad boy http://dl.maximumpc.com/galleries/dec10_mobos/11_full.jpg